classic superbikes

  • 40 years of the Beast: How Suzuki’s GSX-R1100 rewrote the superbike rules

    40 years of the Beast: How Suzuki’s GSX-R1100 rewrote the superbike rules

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    Suzuki’s beast of a bike – the GSX-R1100G first hit UK showrooms some 40 years ago. Bertie Simmonds looks back… The GSX-R750F of 1985 revolutionised sportsbike design, even if it used tried and tested technology, but by making the whole bike lighter… For the 1986 GSX-R1100, Suzuki applied very similar thinking. This bike weighed in…

  • Master of the Island: Joey Dunlop and the Honda RVF750 RC45

    Master of the Island: Joey Dunlop and the Honda RVF750 RC45

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    “Yer maun’ Joey Dunlop was many things.The epitome of an enigma, this petite, often unkempt man, won more TT races than anyone in history had done before him. Yet he hid, when possible, from the fame and notoriety that followed such success. Instead of chasing cameras, he would often be tucked away, looking over his…


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